Gift of Hope Organ & Tissue Donor Network is proud to serve as the federally
designated not-for-profit agency that coordinates organ and tissue donation
and supports families of donors in the northern three-quarters of Illinois and
northwest Indiana.

Gift of Hope honors 2008 Lifesaving Partners

A select group of hospitals and hospital/civic professionals from throughout Illinois have been named 2008 Lifesaving Partners by Gift of Hope for their outstanding achievement in addressing the region’s critical need for organ and tissue donation. Gift of Hope presented the awards at a ceremony in Oak Brook on April 24. Gift of Hope President/CEO Jerry Anderson and Illinois Hospital Association President Kenneth Robbins handed out the awards.

The 2008 honorees are:
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Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge Award accepted by Barb Coyne, Director of Critical Care	Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana Award accepted by Cathy Leipold, Advance Practice Nurse and Clinical Nurse Specialist for Critical Care	OSF Saint Francis Medical Center, Peoria Award accepted by Suzanne Faulkner, Manager of Transplant Services
St. John’s Hospital, Springfield Award accepted by Amy Jones, Director of Critical Care Services	Rita Berendt, MS, CNP, CNRN, Clinical Nurse Coordinator, University of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago	John DeNardo, Chief Executive Officer, University of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago
Nancy Haberichter, APRN, CCRN, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Centegra Northern Illinois Medical Center, McHenry	Rev. Charles Jenkins, Pastor, Fellowship Baptist Church, Chicago	Northern Illinois University Student Nurses Organization, DeKalb Award accepted by Hillary Kirschbaum, Student President

To learn about our award winners’ accomplishments in promoting
donation, click here.

Video on organ donation earns Illinois Central College student
award from state

Mikahla Thornton is only 10 years old, but as a heart transplant recipient, the Bloomington girl already knows what it’s like to get a second chance at life.